We’re all familiar with the standard scenario of how the dinosaurs met their fate. A mountain-sized asteroid crashed into what is now the Yucatan Peninsula, setting off continent-wide forest fires, a nuclear winter, and a mass die-off...

In an uproarious appearance Sunday on MSNBC’s Up with Chris Hayes, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer had nothing good to say about the Supreme Court decision that overturned his state’s hundred year old Corrupt Practices Act. The act...

China has deployed four patrol ships to a disputed area of the South China Sea, state media said Sunday, amid a deepening row with Vietnam over competing territorial claims. The ships, described by the Xinhua news agency as surveillance vessels,...

This years X Games, which are being held in Los Angeles this weekend, added to their usual extreme events by constructing a real-life, 66 foot tall version of the Hot Wheels Double Dare Snare and sending a rally car driver and a Hollywood...

Update: The Guardian is now reporting that the last-minute reprieve has been granted, with a federal judge issuing a preliminary injunction blocking the law, at least until a hearing scheduled for July 11. Barring a last minute legal reprieve,...

Archeologists in Peru have discovered a sundial, an underground tunnel and a reception room in a complex dating back to the Wari civilization, El Comercio newspaper reported Sunday. One of the relics is believed to be a precursor to an Incan...

LONDON — The chairman of Barclays Bank is set to step down after the group was fined for attempting to manipulate the inter-bank lending rate, the BBC reported on Sunday. Marcus Agius will announce on Monday that he is to leave his post in the...

On “Up With Chris Hayes” Sunday, the show’s titular host challenged one of the architects of Arizona’s tough immigration law to convince him and his viewers that the law is not, as critics contend, steeped in racism....

President Barack Obama may not be a communist, but he is attempting a “Soviet-style” takeover of the health care system, according to Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK). On Sunday, CBS host Norah O’Donnell asked Coburn what he meant when...

WASHINGTON — Utility crews made slow progress Sunday in restoring electricity to millions of households amid a record-setting heatwave in the eastern United States that showed no sign of abating soon. Temperatures shot back into the 100 degree...

Al Jazeera English’s Nic Muirhead on Sunday explained the growing relationship between the Department of Defense and Hollywood, particularly in regards to the action film Act of Valor. “We are not longer simply borrowing material or...

A team of researchers at the University of Texas commandeered an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) by tricking and overriding the craft’s GPS, proving for the first time how easy a high-tech hijacking can be, and raising questions about the...

For weeks the sky over Mexico City has kept its inhabitants guessing – one moment it has been azure and sunny; the next an ominous grey vault of clouds belly full with rain. The downpours, when they come, whip flash floods across streets and...